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1 hour ago, andyhb said:

Now high end EF3. Have some suspicion that there are a few points that may be consideration for EF4. The Taco Bell and the church that were both completely destroyed in particular.

Right. That's why I mentioned that it's preliminary. I'm assuming that they will perform some more in depth engineering studies of those structures.

The last info I got from Winchester was that there were 38 injuries. However, three are in critical condition.

40 minutes ago, largetornado said:

Minimum ef4 damage right? Swept off slab?

Preliminary is EF-3

More details coming

A quick video of the Selma/Winchester tornado near Selma

https://www.facebook.com/1137695226/videos/378165668471843

Where the Taco Bell in Winchester used to be:

 Aerials of the Wapakoneta tornado aftermath (that I couldn't catch up with) at Indian Lake. Of course, it took out mobile homes.

Winchester tornado

Reports of “mass casualties” in Winchester IN. I’m trying to get more info

Edit: The chat post I got that from was just taken down, so take it for what it’s worth. However, there are reports of a Taco Bell flattened, a Goodwill with severe damage and a Wal Mart damaged

1 hour ago, Chinook said:

this was a tornado W of Celina

Dang! I knew it was gonna drop one. I tried to get in behind it in Grant County IN, but had to core punch to get there. It slowed me down enough that even though I chased it to almost the state line, I couldn’t catch up. Thing was moving at 70 mph! 

2.42" with multiple rounds of storms so far today. I also had five different periods of hail, although they were dimes at best. However, lots of quality lightning. It's been a fun day already.

Security cam footage of the Leipsic, OH tornado on Tuesday. Wipes out the barn at the 0:55 mark:

I figured we should start this thread since we're well into met spring and quickly approaching astronomical spring. I combined the seasons due to the decreased traffic here in the summer. I have selfish reasons because this is about the only thread in which I post.

I was checking this map out and am dreading the northwest trend.

28 minutes ago, Stebo said:

You are the wettest blanket alive.

He'll probably piss and moan about how gloomy it is on 4/8 when the sun is in eclipse totality in Dayton.

I didn't hear a peep from him in February when it was anomalously sunny in Dayton. They average ~5 sunny days in February. This year:

Starting this thread to honor Stebo. I don't really take much stock in these maps other than the 8-14 Day, but I'm noticing a pattern here:

25 minutes ago, Harry Perry said:

 All local sirens sounded for 2-3 minutes then shut off for the rest of the storm - have some questions for my Emergency Managers on that issue.
 

As the storm approached, could clearly see the base rotating but extremely hard to see much more than that. Was completely still and quiet with frequent lightning and constant rumbling. Could begin hearing what sounded like a freight train. Kept an eye on velocity scans and CC scans. Sound got louder and louder until the trees began swaying - then another eerie sound of banging started - almost sounded like someone slamming their door repeatedly in the distance, and that’s when the first golfball sized stone smacked the road out front, then the next nailing my two day old new truck sitting in my driveway… wind really picked up and went un-directional and the hail came down in buckets covering the road and yard. Got more hail than snow so far this month.
Quick look at radar showed the couplet miss my house by an half of a mile to the north which would agree with the velocity scans.

Then, hail finally subsided after approximately 10 minutes but lots of CG’s began just to my southwest. Checked the radar to see the cell behind the tornado warned cell getting its shit together showing massive hail signatures of course, heading directly my way. Went in and checked on the fam, came back up and that’s when the HEAVY marble size hail started with intermittent monsters (golfball to baseball). Obliterated both trucks, again and clearly destroyed both this time around.
 

Just as the cell would pass and the hail and rain would subside, it would backbuild causing random golfball sized hail to keep falling every few seconds. Was at this time my fire radio stated there was a confirmed tornado on the ground near F Drive North and 26 mile road and near Rice Creek with damage to structures and multiple trees down. Checked velocity and CC to see a tight couplet with a clear debris signature on the previous scan over the aforementioned area. 
 

Long night. Expensive night. Then my daughter woke up at 4:30 (after going to bed at 2) with the stomach flu. Second time this month. I’m beat. Hate it here. 
 

 

 

Sorry to hear about your hail damage, but it sounds like you did get lucky with a near miss tornado.

As a retired Emergency Manager, I can only speak about local protocol for sounding sirens (and Indiana statewide for the most part), but sounding sirens once for three minutes for an area under a tornado warning is the standard. That is probably true for your area.

I know there is a lot of confusion about sirens. Some people think that when the siren quits sounding, the threat is over. Also, I've heard of locations that sound the sirens for a second time when the warning is cancelled or expired, which also creates confusion.

Sirens are meant to warn people who are outside, with the understanding most people outdoors will hear the siren and take action. It is not meant to be sounded for the entire time the warning is in effect, nor is it meant for people who are indoors. It would be cost prohibitive to place enough sirens in a particular area to assure that everyone indoors could also hear the sirens. That is the job of NOAA All-Hazard radios, the local media, the FEMA app, etc.

If you have questions or concerns, fire away.

From the wording of the watch (a couple of intense tornadoes and 3" hail likely), I'm kind of surprised that they didn't go PDS.

EDIT: Especially since an extremely large population center is bullseye.

Some things never change. Yesterday I was in the bullseye for best chance of severe weather. Who gets the strongly worded Tornado Watch? ORD. Just like a winter storm. Well, I guess it is technically still winter.

Southeastern Iowa is the only area in the entire subforum that can't complain about lack of snowfall.

I started this thread and now it's time for me to use it.

I've been on these boards for over 20 years and for the past nine years I've been here reading about those in the subforum being happy with their snow amounts, while others' lament their lack of winter/snow. One year Iowa scored big, another year it was the Detroit area, another year it's Chicago, another is Minnesota, etc.

I would like to know if there is any location in the subforum north of Central IL, Northern IN, or Ohio that has been consistently below normal for the past nine years. It seems there's been a lot of pissing and moaning about lack of snowfall, but can you match what we in Indiana and Ohio have experienced? 

Stats for MBY:

*The only thing that saved me from being below normal EVERY year was a fluke 4.1" snow on 4/20/21 that completely melted in hours.

**It is currently snowing which may result in finally getting into double figures on 2/16!

It's soul-crushing, especially immediately following back-to-back years of 74.7" and 43".

Maybe those of us in Indiana and Ohio outside of the lake belts should switch to the Tennessee Valley subforum.  Oh, wait......there's been a dearth of severe weather in this area over the same time period.  I guess we can talk about being abnormally dry.  At this point all I can say is bring on spring!

There is a chance to break the record high minimum temperature on Friday at IND of 48° set in 1876. Now that's an old record.

ENSO-infused data

2 hours ago, Cary67 said:

From LOT AFD:

pressed south by blocking over central NOAM, we`ll have an
exceptionally long period of benign weather with surface high
pressure predominating through mid next week. Winds will be
generally from the northeast, resulting in rare winter time
"cooler near the lake" conditions lakeside amidst otherwise well
above normal temperatures in the 40s (with upside potential
pending sky cover trends). Next chance of precipitation will
come beyond day 7. The tendency during this stretch will be to
wonder if "winter is over", though consistent long range
ensemble guidance has been pointing toward the return of a more
wintry pattern (western ridging and eastern troughing with high
latitude blocking establishing), at least temperature wise,
toward Valentine`s Day.

Castro

I know that you posted this in reference to the possible mid-February flip, but what caught my eye is that Alek's gonna be freezing at his crib. He might want consider staying at the office for a few days to soak in the warmth.

cyclone77: I got 26.7"

michsnowfreak: I got 18.1"

Chicago Storm: ORD got 20.0"

IWXwx:

"TransWXgirl" lol